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Cabrita PJV. Water exchange between the Chlorenchyma and the Hydrenchyma and its physiological role in leaves with Crassulacean acid metabolism. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2024; 176:e14221. [PMID: 38450837 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.14221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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Direct and non-destructive measurements of plant-water relations of plants exhibiting the Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) photosynthetic pathway are seldom addressed, with most findings inferred from gas exchange measurements. The main focus of this paper was to study how the water exchange between the chlorenchyma and the hydrenchyma depends on and follows the CAM photosynthetic diel pattern using non-invasive and continuous methods. Gas exchange and leaf patch clamp pressure probe (LPCP) measurements were performed on Aloe vera (L.) Burm f., a CAM species, and compared to measurements on banana (Musa acuminata Colla), a C3 species. The LPCP output pressure, Pp , of Aloe vera plants follows its diel CAM photosynthetic cycle, reversed to that observed in banana and other C3 species. The four phases of CAM photosynthesis can also be identified in the diel LPCP output pressure, Pp , cycle. The Pp values in Aloe vera are determined by the hydrenchyma turgor pressure, with both parameters being reversely related. A non-invasive and continuous assessment of the water exchange between the chlorenchyma and the hydrenchyma in CAM plants, namely, by following the changes in the hydrenchyma turgor pressure, is presented. However, showing once more how the LPCP output pressure, Pp , depends on the leaf structure, such an approach can be used to study plant-water relations in other CAM species with a leaf structure similar to Aloe vera, with the hydrenchyma composing most of the leaf volume.
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Zhang C, Kong J, Wu D, Guan Z, Ding B, Chen F. Wearable Sensor: An Emerging Data Collection Tool for Plant Phenotyping. PLANT PHENOMICS (WASHINGTON, D.C.) 2023; 5:0051. [PMID: 37408737 PMCID: PMC10318905 DOI: 10.34133/plantphenomics.0051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
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The advancement of plant phenomics by using optical imaging-based phenotyping techniques has markedly improved breeding and crop management. However, there remains a challenge in increasing the spatial resolution and accuracy due to their noncontact measurement mode. Wearable sensors, an emerging data collection tool, present a promising solution to address these challenges. By using a contact measurement mode, wearable sensors enable in-situ monitoring of plant phenotypes and their surrounding environments. Although a few pioneering works have been reported in monitoring plant growth and microclimate, the utilization of wearable sensors in plant phenotyping has yet reach its full potential. This review aims to systematically examine the progress of wearable sensors in monitoring plant phenotypes and the environment from an interdisciplinary perspective, including materials science, signal communication, manufacturing technology, and plant physiology. Additionally, this review discusses the challenges and future directions of wearable sensors in the field of plant phenotyping.
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- Cheng Zhang
- College of Engineering,
Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Key Laboratory of Biology of Ornamental Plants in East China, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Horticulture,
Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Zhongshan Biological Breeding Laboratory, No.50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing 210014, China
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- College of Engineering,
Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Engineering,
Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Key Laboratory of Biology of Ornamental Plants in East China, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Horticulture,
Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Zhongshan Biological Breeding Laboratory, No.50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing 210014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Key Laboratory of Biology of Ornamental Plants in East China, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Horticulture,
Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Zhongshan Biological Breeding Laboratory, No.50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing 210014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Key Laboratory of Biology of Ornamental Plants in East China, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Horticulture,
Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
- Zhongshan Biological Breeding Laboratory, No.50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing 210014, China
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Perez-Arcoiza A, Diaz-Espejo A, Fernandez-Torres R, Perez-Romero LF, Hernandez-Santana V. Dual effect of the presence of fruits on leaf gas exchange and water relations of olive trees. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 43:277-287. [PMID: 36263987 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpac123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Revised: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The presence of fruits provokes significant modifications in plant water relations and leaf gas exchange. The underlying processes driving these modifications are still uncertain and likely depend on the water deficit level. Our objective was to explain and track the modification of leaf-water relations by the presence of fruits and water deficit. With this aim, net photosynthesis rate (AN), stomatal conductance (gs), leaf osmotic potential (Ψπ), leaf soluble sugars and daily changes in a variable related to leaf turgor (leaf patch pressure) were measured in olive trees with and without fruits at the same time, under well-watered (WW) and water stress (WS) conditions. Leaf gas exchange was increased by the presence of fruits, this effect being observed mainly in WW trees, likely because under severe water stress, the dominant process is the response of the plant to the water stress and the presence of fruits has less impact on the leaf gas exchange. Ψπ was also higher for WW trees with fruits than for WW trees without fruits. Moreover, leaves from trees without fruits presented higher concentrations of soluble sugars and starch than leaves from trees with fruits for both WW and WS, these differences matching those found in Ψπ. Thus, the sugar accumulation would have had a dual effect because on one hand, it decreased Ψπ, and on the other hand, it would have downregulated AN, and finally gs in WW trees. Interestingly, the modification of Ψπ by the presence of fruits affected turgor in WW trees, the change in which can be identified with leaf turgor sensors. We conclude that plant water relationships and leaf gas exchange are modified by the presence of fruits through their effect on the export of sugars from leaves to fruits. The possibility of automatically identifying the onset of sugar demand by the fruit through the use of sensors, in addition to the water stress produced by soil water deficit and atmosphere drought, could be of great help for fruit orchard management in the future.
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- A Perez-Arcoiza
- Irrigation and Crop Ecophysiology Group, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS, CSIC), Avda Reina Mercedes, 41012 Seville, Spain
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- Irrigation and Crop Ecophysiology Group, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS, CSIC), Avda Reina Mercedes, 41012 Seville, Spain
- Laboratory of Plant Molecular Ecophysiology, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología (IRNAS, CSIC), Avda. Reina Mercedes, 41012 Seville, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Analítica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Sevilla (US), C/Prof. García González s/n, 41012 Seville, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias Agroforestales, Universidad de Huelva (UHU), Campus del Carmen, Edificio ETSI, Avda de las Fuerzas Armadas s/n, 21007, Huelva, Spain
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- Irrigation and Crop Ecophysiology Group, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS, CSIC), Avda Reina Mercedes, 41012 Seville, Spain
- Laboratory of Plant Molecular Ecophysiology, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología (IRNAS, CSIC), Avda. Reina Mercedes, 41012 Seville, Spain
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Fuenzalida TI, Binks O, Bryant CJ, Wolfe J, Ball MC. Monitoring plant water status via static uniaxial compression of the leaf lamina. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2022; 45:2589-2606. [PMID: 35733289 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Turgor pressure is an essential, but difficult to measure indicator of plant water status. Turgor has been quantified by localized compression of cells or tissues, but a simple method to perform these measurements is lacking. We hypothesized that changes in leaf turgidity can be monitored by uniaxially compressing the leaf lamina and measuring the mechanical stress under a constrained thickness (stress relaxation) and that changes in leaf water content can be monitored by measuring the leaf thickness under constant mechanical stress. Using a simple, custom-built leaf squeeze-flow rheometer, we performed different compression tests on leaves from 13 plant species. The mechanical stress measured during stress relaxation was correlated with leaf bulk turgor pressure (R2 > 0.95) and thus with balancing pressure (R2 > 0.94); the leaf thickness measured under constant mechanical stress was correlated with relative water content (R2 > 0.74). The coefficients of these relationships were related to the leaf bulk osmotic pressure at the turgor-loss point. An idealized average-cell model suggests that, under isothermal conditions, the stationary bulk modulus during compression is largely determined by the bulk osmotic pressure. Our study presents an inexpensive, accessible and automatable method to monitor plant water status noninvasively.
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- Tomás I Fuenzalida
- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton, Australia
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- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton, Australia
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- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton, Australia
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- School of Physics, UNSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton, Australia
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Cabrita P. Non-invasive assessment of the physiological role of leaf aerenchyma in Hippeastrum Herb. and its relation to plant water status. PLANTA 2022; 256:19. [PMID: 35750944 PMCID: PMC9232429 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-022-03930-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The leaf patch clamp pressure probe combined with gas exchange measurements provides a non-invasive approach for measuring leaf aerenchyma pressure and study its physiological role in plants. The non-invasive leaf patch clamp pressure probe (LPCP) measures the output pressure, Pp, in response to the pressure applied by two magnets clamped to a leaf. In many plant species, it has been observed that the diel pattern of Pp follows the changes in the leaf turgor pressure reversely. The genus Hippeastrum comprises 143 species and many hybrids and cultivars of high economic value within Amaryllidaceae. Their leaves are characterized by the presence of aerenchyma composed of lacunae, running throughout the leaf and composing most of the mesophyll volume. In Hippeastrum, the diel changes of the LPCP output pressure are the reverse of that observed on the air pressure in the leaf aerenchyma, Pa, which depends on the changes in the leaf vapor pressure occurring during photosynthesis. A theoretical model is proposed and confirmed experimentally by LPCP and gas exchange measurements. The output pressure, Pp, in Hippeastrum can be related to the plant water status through the gas exchange processes that occur during photosynthesis. Considering the natural habitats of Hippeastrum species, these results agree with the physiological role of leaf aerenchyma in facilitating gas transport and light scattering in leaves, thus contributing to the photosynthetic efficiency of these plants under adverse environments. A second, but supplemental, interpretation of the LPCP output pressure, Pp, when applied on species in which the aerenchyma constitutes most of the mesophyll volume is presented.
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- Paulo Cabrita
- IAPN-Institute of Applied Plant Nutrition, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Carl-Sprengel-Weg 1, 37075, Göttingen, Germany.
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Cecilia B, Francesca A, Dalila P, Carlo S, Antonella G, Francesco F, Marco R, Mauro C. On-line monitoring of plant water status: Validation of a novel sensor based on photon attenuation of radiation through the leaf. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 817:152881. [PMID: 34998761 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Revised: 12/05/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Non-destructive real-time monitoring of leaf water status is important for precision irrigation practice to increase water productivity and reduce its use. To this end, we tested and validated a novel leaf sensor (Leaf Water Meter, LWM), based on the photon attenuation during the passage of the light through the leaf, to monitor plant water status. Four woody species were subjected to multiple cycles of dehydration and re-hydration, and the signals recorded by the LWM were compared with classical measurements of plant water relations (relative water content and water potential). A good agreement between the signals recorded by LWM sensor and the destructive measurements, throughout the repeated water stress and rewatering cycles, was found across all species. These results demonstrate that LWM sensor is a sensitive, non-destructive and easy-to-handle device to reliably monitor in continuous fashion leaf water status. In conclusion, this sensor may be considered a promising tool for smart irrigation scheduling in precision agriculture context to decrease water wastage in light of global change and increasing conflicts over water demand.
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- Brunetti Cecilia
- National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy; University of Florence, Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy.
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- National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy; University of Florence, Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy; University of Florence, Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy
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- Pastella Factory SRLS, Via Sommacampagna 61, 37137 Verona, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy; University of Florence, Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy; University of Florence, Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy
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- Pastella Factory SRLS, Via Sommacampagna 61, 37137 Verona, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence, Italy; Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi-CNR Joint Research Center "Water - Hypatia of Alexandria", Metaponto (MT) 75010, Italy
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Qu CC, Sun XY, Sun WX, Cao LX, Wang XQ, He ZZ. Flexible Wearables for Plants. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2104482. [PMID: 34796649 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202104482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Revised: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The excellent stretchability and biocompatibility of flexible sensors have inspired an emerging field of plant wearables, which enable intimate contact with the plants to continuously monitor the growth status and localized microclimate in real-time. Plant flexible wearables provide a promising platform for the development of plant phenotype and the construction of intelligent agriculture via monitoring and regulating the critical physiological parameters and microclimate of plants. Here, the emerging applications of plant flexible wearables together with their pros and cons from four aspects, including physiological indicators, surrounding environment, crop quality, and active control of growth, are highlighted. Self-powered energy supply systems and signal transmission mechanisms are also elucidated. Furthermore, the future opportunities and challenges of plant wearables are discussed in detail.
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- Chun-Chun Qu
- College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Center for Crop Functional Genomics and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China
- Sanya Institute of China Agricultural University, China Agricultural University, Hainan, 572000, China
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- School of Medical Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Center for Crop Functional Genomics and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Center for Crop Functional Genomics and Molecular Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China
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Marino G, Scalisi A, Guzmán-Delgado P, Caruso T, Marra FP, Lo Bianco R. Detecting Mild Water Stress in Olive with Multiple Plant-Based Continuous Sensors. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:131. [PMID: 33440632 PMCID: PMC7827840 DOI: 10.3390/plants10010131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 12/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A comprehensive characterization of water stress is needed for the development of automated irrigation protocols aiming to increase olive orchard environmental and economical sustainability. The main aim of this study is to determine whether a combination of continuous leaf turgor, fruit growth, and sap flow responses improves the detection of mild water stress in two olive cultivars characterized by different responses to water stress. The sensitivity of the tested indicators to mild stress depended on the main mechanisms that each cultivar uses to cope with water deficit. One cultivar showed pronounced day to day changes in leaf turgor and fruit relative growth rate in response to water withholding. The other cultivar reduced daily sap flows and showed a pronounced tendency to reach very low values of leaf turgor. Based on these responses, the sensitivity of the selected indicators is discussed in relation to drought response mechanisms, such as stomatal closure, osmotic adjustment, and tissue elasticity. The analysis of the daily dynamics of the monitored parameters highlights the limitation of using non-continuous measurements in drought stress studies, suggesting that the time of the day when data is collected has a great influence on the results and consequent interpretations, particularly when different genotypes are compared. Overall, the results highlight the need to tailor plant-based water management protocols on genotype-specific physiological responses to water deficit and encourage the use of combinations of plant-based continuously monitoring sensors to establish a solid base for irrigation management.
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- Giulia Marino
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA;
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences (SAAF), University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy; (A.S.); (T.C.); (F.P.M.)
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences (SAAF), University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy; (A.S.); (T.C.); (F.P.M.)
- Agriculture Victoria, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, Tatura, VIC 3616, Australia
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences (SAAF), University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy; (A.S.); (T.C.); (F.P.M.)
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences (SAAF), University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy; (A.S.); (T.C.); (F.P.M.)
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences (SAAF), University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy; (A.S.); (T.C.); (F.P.M.)
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Cekstere G, Osvalde A, Elferts D, Rose C, Lucas F, Vollenweider P. Salt accumulation and effects within foliage of Tilia × vulgaris trees from the street greenery of Riga, Latvia. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 747:140921. [PMID: 32777490 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Revised: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Green infrastructures within sprawling cities provide essential ecosystem services, increasingly undermined by environmental stress. The main objective in this study was to relate the allocation patterns of NaCl contaminants to injury within foliage of lime trees mechanistically and distinguish between the effects of salt and other environmental stressors. Using field material representative of salt contamination levels in the street greenery of Riga, Latvia, the contribution of salt contaminants to structural and ultrastructural injury was analyzed, combining different microscopy techniques. On severely salt-polluted and dystrophic soils, the foliage of street lime trees showed foliar concentrations of Na/Cl up to 13,600/16,750 mg kg-1 but a still balanced nutrient content. The salt contaminants were allocated to all leaf blade tissues and accumulated in priority within mesophyll vacuoles, changing the vacuolar ionic composition at the expense of especially K and Ca. The size of mesophyll cells and vacuoles was increased as a function of NaCl concentration, suggesting impeded transpiration stream. In parallel, the cytoplasm showed degenerative changes, suggesting indirect stress effects. Hence, the lime trees in Riga showed tolerance to the dystrophic environmental conditions enhanced by salt pollution but their leaf physiology appeared directly impacted by the accumulation of contaminants within foliage.
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- Gunta Cekstere
- Laboratory of Plant Mineral Nutrition, Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, Miera street 3, Salaspils LV-2169, Latvia; Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Plant Mineral Nutrition, Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, Miera street 3, Salaspils LV-2169, Latvia.
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- Faculty of Biology, University of Latvia, Jelgavas street 1, Riga LV-1004, Latvia.
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- Centre INRA, Grand Est Nancy, UMR Silva-Silvatech Microscopy, 54280 Champenoux, France.
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- Scientific Center for Optical and Electron Microscopy (ScopeM) of the ETH Zurich, Otto-Stern-Weg 3, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
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Zhao W, Jung S, Schubert S. Transcription profile analysis identifies marker genes to distinguish salt shock and salt stress after stepwise acclimation in Arabidopsis thaliana and Zea mays. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2019; 143:232-245. [PMID: 31521962 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Many physiological and molecular responses to salt stress have been investigated after a salt shock. However, salt shock rarely happens in agricultural practice. In the field, salts accumulate gradually due to poor agricultural management. Thus in salinity research, it is more reasonable to investigate plant reaction after stepwise acclimation to salt stress. Previous studies demonstrate that salt shock induces Phase 0, a short-term effect that shows transient water loss and rapid turgor decrease; salt stress after stepwise acclimation avoids Phase 0 effects and induces Phase 1. During Phase 1, plants show maintenance of turgor. In this study, salt shock and stepwise acclimation to salt stress were separated at physiological and transcriptional levels. Four major experiments were conducted: 1) leaf turgor changes were monitored in real time after salt application to separate Phase 0 and Phase 1 effects at the physiological level, 2) RNA-sequence analysis was conducted in Arabidopsis thaliana L. to identify potential marker genes that are involved in plant water relations to distinguish Phase 0 and Phase 1 at transcript level, 3) these selected marker gene candidates were identified in Arabidopsis at different Phase 0 and Phase 1 time points via qRT-PCR, 4) these candidates were further evaluated in Zea mays L. (a model plant for applied research in plant physiology and an important crop plant) via qRT-PCR. In future salinity research, marker genes that are both applicable in Arabidopsis and maize have the potential to differentiate salt shock and stepwise acclimation to salt stress.
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- Wenting Zhao
- Institute of Plant Nutrition (iFZ), Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392, Giessen, Germany.
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition (iFZ), Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition (iFZ), Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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Joshi S, Choukimath A, Isenegger D, Panozzo J, Spangenberg G, Kant S. Improved Wheat Growth and Yield by Delayed Leaf Senescence Using Developmentally Regulated Expression of a Cytokinin Biosynthesis Gene. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:1285. [PMID: 31681380 PMCID: PMC6813231 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/13/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Delaying leaf senescence in plants, especially under water stress conditions, can help to maintain the remobilization of stored nutrients in source-sink relationships, thus leading to improved crop yields. Leaf senescence can be delayed by plant hormones such as cytokinin. Here, the Isopentenyl transferase (IPT) gene, encoding a cytokinin biosynthesis enzyme, driven by a modified AtMYB32xs promoter was transformed into wheat. Transgenic wheat plants exhibited delayed leaf senescence, retaining chlorophyll for longer under controlled environment conditions. Selected independent transgenic events and their corresponding nulls were grown under field conditions for two consecutive years under well-watered and water stress treatments using automated rainout shelters. Three independent transgenic events had improved canopy green cover, lower canopy temperatures, and higher leaf water potential than their respective non-transgenic nulls, with no abnormality in morphology and phenology. Increased grain yield was observed in transgenic events under both water treatments, with the yield increase more pronounced under water stress (26-42%). These results have shown that delayed leaf senescence using the chimeric transgene AtMYB32xs-p::IPT can be a useful strategy to achieve grain yield gains in wheat and potentially other crops for sustainable food production.
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- Sameer Joshi
- Agriculture Victoria, Grains Innovation Park, Horsham, VIC, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, Grains Innovation Park, Horsham, VIC, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, Grains Innovation Park, Horsham, VIC, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
- School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, Grains Innovation Park, Horsham, VIC, Australia
- Centre for Agricultural Innovation, The University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- *Correspondence: Surya Kant,
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Bramley H, Bitter R, Zimmermann G, Zimmermann U. Simultaneous recording of diurnal changes in leaf turgor pressure and stem water status of bread wheat reveal variation in hydraulic mechanisms in response to drought. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2015; 42:1001-1009. [PMID: 32480739 DOI: 10.1071/fp15087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Accepted: 07/06/2015] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Information about water relations within crop canopies is needed to improve our understanding of canopy resource distribution and crop productivity. In this study, we examined the dehydration/rehydration kinetics of different organs of wheat plants using ZIM-probes that continuously monitor water status non-destructively. ZIM-probes were clamped to the flag leaf and penultimate leaf of the same stem to monitor changes in turgor pressure, and a novel stem probe was clamped to the peduncle (just below the spike of the same stem) to monitor changes in stem water status. All organs behaved similarly under well-watered conditions, dehydrating and recovering at the same times of day. When water was withheld, the behaviour diverged, with the leaves showing gradual dehydration and incomplete recovery in leaf turgor pressure during the night, but the stem was affected to a lesser extent. Penultimate leaves were the most severely affected, reaching turgor loss point before the flag leaf. Upon rewatering, turgor pressure recovered but the output patch-pressure of the probes (Pp) oscillated at ~30min periods in all organs of most plants (n=4). Oscillations in Pp were attributed to oscillations in stomatal opening and appear to only occur above a threshold light intensity. The mechanisms identified in this study will be beneficial for crop productivity because the flag leaf is the source of most photoassimilates in developing grains, so the plant's ability to maintain flag leaf hydration at the expense of older leaves should moderate the impact of drought on yield. Stomatal oscillations could increase water use efficiency as the plant attempts to rehydrate after drought.
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- Helen Bramley
- Plant Breeding Institute, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Sydney, 12656 Newell Highway, Narrabri, NSW 2390, Australia
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- ZIM-Plant Technology GmbH, Neuendorfstr. 19, 16761 Hennigsdorf, Germany
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- ZIM-Plant Technology GmbH, Neuendorfstr. 19, 16761 Hennigsdorf, Germany
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Bader MKF, Ehrenberger W, Bitter R, Stevens J, Miller BP, Chopard J, Rüger S, Hardy GESJ, Poot P, Dixon KW, Zimmermann U, Veneklaas EJ. Spatio-temporal water dynamics in mature Banksia menziesii trees during drought. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2014; 152:301-315. [PMID: 24547765 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2013] [Accepted: 01/16/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Southwest Australian Banksia woodlands are highly diverse plant communities that are threatened by drought- or temperature-induced mortality due to the region's changing climate. We examined water relations in dominant Banksia menziesii R. Br. trees using magnetic leaf patch clamp pressure (ZIM-) probes that allow continuous, real-time monitoring of leaf water status. Multiple ZIM-probes across the crown were complemented by traditional ecophysiological measurements. During summer, early stomatal downregulation of transpiration prevented midday balancing pressures from exceeding 2.5 MPa. Diurnal patterns of ZIM-probe and pressure chamber readings agreed reasonably well, however, ZIM-probes recorded short-term dynamics, which are impossible to capture using a pressure chamber. Simultaneous recordings of three ZIM-probes evenly spaced along leaf laminas revealed intrafoliar turgor gradients, which, however, did not develop in a strictly basi- or acropetal fashion and varied with cardinal direction. Drought stress manifested as increasing daily signal amplitude (low leaf water status) and occasionally as rising baseline at night (delayed rehydration). These symptoms occurred more often locally than across the entire crown. Microclimate effects on leaf water status were strongest in crown regions experiencing peak morning radiation (East and North). Extreme spring temperatures preceded the sudden death of B. menziesii trees, suggesting a temperature- or humidity-related tipping point causing rapid hydraulic failure as evidenced by collapsing ZIM-probe readings from an affected tree. In a warmer and drier future, increased frequency of B. menziesii mortality will result in significantly altered community structure and ecosystem function.
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- Martin K-F Bader
- School of Plant Biology and Centre of Excellence for Climate Change, Woodland & Forest Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia; New Zealand Forest Research Institute (SCION), Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park, Rotorua, 3010, New Zealand
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Lee KM, Driever SM, Heuvelink E, Rüger S, Zimmermann U, de Gelder A, Marcelis LFM. Evaluation of diel patterns of relative changes in cell turgor of tomato plants using leaf patch clamp pressure probes. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2012; 146:439-447. [PMID: 22540231 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2012.01637.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Relative changes in cell turgor of leaves of well-watered tomato plants were evaluated using the leaf patch clamp pressure probe (LPCP) under dynamic greenhouse climate conditions. LPCP changes, a measure for relative changes in cell turgor, were monitored at three different heights of transpiring and non-transpiring leaves of tomato plants on sunny and cloudy days simultaneously with whole plant water uptake. Clear diel patterns were observed for relative changes of cell turgor of both transpiring and non-transpiring leaves, which were stronger on sunny days than on cloudy days. A clear effect of canopy height was also observed. Non-transpiring leaves showed relative changes in cell turgor that closely followed plant water uptake throughout the day. However, in the afternoon the relative changes of cell turgor of the transpiring leaves displayed a delayed response in comparison to plant water uptake. Subsequent recovery of cell turgor loss of transpiring leaves during the following night appeared insufficient, as the pre-dawn turgescent state similar to the previous night was not attained.
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- Kang M Lee
- Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture, P.O. Box 644, 6700AP Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Ehrenberger W, Rüger S, Rodríguez-Domínguez CM, Díaz-Espejo A, Fernández JE, Moreno J, Zimmermann D, Sukhorukov VL, Zimmermann U. Leaf patch clamp pressure probe measurements on olive leaves in a nearly turgorless state. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2012; 14:666-674. [PMID: 22288430 DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2011.00545.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The non-invasive leaf patch clamp pressure (LPCP) probe measures the attenuated pressure of a leaf patch, P(p) , in response to an externally applied magnetic force. P(p) is inversely coupled with leaf turgor pressure, P(c) , i.e. at high P(c) values the P(p) values are small and at low P(c) values the P(p) values are high. This relationship between P(c) and P(p) could also be verified for 2-m tall olive trees under laboratory conditions using the cell turgor pressure probe. When the laboratory plants were subjected to severe water stress (P(c) dropped below ca. 50 kPa), P(p) curves show reverse diurnal changes, i.e. during the light regime (high transpiration) a minimum P(p) value, and during darkness a peak P(p) value is recorded. This reversal of the P(p) curves was completely reversible. Upon watering, the original diurnal P(p) changes were re-established within 2-3 days. Olive trees in the field showed a similar turnover of the shape of the P(p) curves upon drought, despite pronounced fluctuations in microclimate. The reversal of the P(p) curves is most likely due to accumulation of air in the leaves. This assumption was supported with cross-sections through leaves subjected to prolonged drought. In contrast to well-watered leaves, microscopic inspection of leaves exhibiting inverse diurnal P(p) curves revealed large air-filled areas in parenchyma tissue. Significantly larger amounts of air could also be extracted from water-stressed leaves than from well-watered leaves using the cell turgor pressure probe. Furthermore, theoretical analysis of the experimental P(p) curves shows that the propagation of pressure through the nearly turgorless leaf must be exclusively dictated by air. Equations are derived that provide valuable information about the water status of olive leaves close to zero P(c) .
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- W Ehrenberger
- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie, Biozentrum, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Ehrenberger W, R Ger S, Fitzke R, Vollenweider P, G Nthardt-Goerg M, Kuster T, Zimmermann U, Arend M. Concomitant dendrometer and leaf patch pressure probe measurements reveal the effect of microclimate and soil moisture on diurnal stem water and leaf turgor variations in young oak trees. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2012; 39:297-305. [PMID: 32480782 DOI: 10.1071/fp11206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2011] [Accepted: 02/02/2012] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Tree water relations and their dependence on microclimate and soil moisture were studied over several months in young oaks (Quercus robur L.) subjected in large lysimeter-based open top chambers to environments with a controlled soil water supply. Automated single point dendrometers and the recently developed leaf patch clamp pressure (LPCP) probe were used for monitoring water-related stem radius variations (ΔW) and turgor-dependent leaf patch pressures (Pp). Both parameters showed distinct diurnal patterns with sharp negative and positive peaking of ΔW and Pp, respectively, after solar noon and recovery to initial levels in the evening. During the day, varying solar radiation was responsible for short time fluctuations of Pp in the range of minutes to hours reflecting feedback regulation of leaf turgor by sunlight driven stomatal movements. At longer timescales, i.e. days to months, atmospheric vapour pressure deficit (VPD) and soil water content (SWC) were the main determinants of ΔW and Pp. Daily minimum and maximum values of ΔW and Pp decreased and increased, respectively, with increasing VPD or decreasing SWC and recovery of ΔW and Pp in the evening was impeded by low SWC. In well-watered oaks, daily positive peaking of Pp preceded daily negative peaking of ΔW; these time lags gradually increased with increasing soil drought, suggesting hydraulic uncoupling of stem and leaves.
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- ZIM Plant Technology GmbH, Neuendorfstr. 19, D-16761 Hennigsdorf, Germany
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- ZIM Plant Technology GmbH, Neuendorfstr. 19, D-16761 Hennigsdorf, Germany
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf/ZH, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf/ZH, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf/ZH, Switzerland
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- ZIM Plant Technology GmbH, Neuendorfstr. 19, D-16761 Hennigsdorf, Germany
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf/ZH, Switzerland
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Ache P, Bauer H, Kollist H, Al-Rasheid KAS, Lautner S, Hartung W, Hedrich R. Stomatal action directly feeds back on leaf turgor: new insights into the regulation of the plant water status from non-invasive pressure probe measurements. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2010; 62:1072-82. [PMID: 20345603 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2010.04213.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Uptake of CO(2) by the leaf is associated with loss of water. Control of stomatal aperture by volume changes of guard cell pairs optimizes the efficiency of water use. Under water stress, the protein kinase OPEN STOMATA 1 (OST1) activates the guard-cell anion release channel SLOW ANION CHANNEL-ASSOCIATED 1 (SLAC1), and thereby triggers stomatal closure. Plants with mutated OST1 and SLAC1 are defective in guard-cell turgor regulation. To study the effect of stomatal movement on leaf turgor using intact leaves of Arabidopsis, we used a new pressure probe to monitor transpiration and turgor pressure simultaneously and non-invasively. This probe permits routine easy access to parameters related to water status and stomatal conductance under physiological conditions using the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Long-term leaf turgor pressure recordings over several weeks showed a drop in turgor during the day and recovery at night. Thus pressure changes directly correlated with the degree of plant transpiration. Leaf turgor of wild-type plants responded to CO(2), light, humidity, ozone and abscisic acid (ABA) in a guard cell-specific manner. Pressure probe measurements of mutants lacking OST1 and SLAC1 function indicated impairment in stomatal responses to light and humidity. In contrast to wild-type plants, leaves from well-watered ost1 plants exposed to a dry atmosphere wilted after light-induced stomatal opening. Experiments with open stomata mutants indicated that the hydraulic conductance of leaf stomata is higher than that of the root-shoot continuum. Thus leaf turgor appears to rely to a large extent on the anion channel activity of autonomously regulated stomatal guard cells.
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- Peter Ache
- Universität Würzburg, Biozentrum, Julius-von-Sachs-Institut für Biowissenschaften, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 2, 97082 Würzburg, Germany
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Zimmermann U, Rüger S, Shapira O, Westhoff M, Wegner LH, Reuss R, Gessner P, Zimmermann G, Israeli Y, Zhou A, Schwartz A, Bamberg E, Zimmermann D. Effects of environmental parameters and irrigation on the turgor pressure of banana plants measured using the non-invasive, online monitoring leaf patch clamp pressure probe. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2010; 12:424-436. [PMID: 20522178 DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2009.00235.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Turgor pressure provides a sensitive indicator for irrigation scheduling. Leaf turgor pressure of Musa acuminate was measured by using the so-called leaf patch clamp pressure probe, i.e. by application of an external, magnetically generated and constantly retained clamp pressure to a leaf patch and determination of the attenuated output pressure P(p) that is highly correlated with the turgor pressure. Real-time recording of P(p) values was made using wireless telemetric transmitters, which send the data to a receiver base station where data are logged and transferred to a GPRS modem linked to an Internet server. Probes functioned over several months under field and laboratory conditions without damage to the leaf patch. Measurements showed that the magnetic-based probe could monitor very sensitively changes in turgor pressure induced by changes in microclimate (temperature, relative humidity, irradiation and wind) and irrigation. Irrigation effects could clearly be distinguished from environmental effects. Interestingly, oscillations in stomatal aperture, which occurred frequently below turgor pressures of 100 kPa towards noon at high transpiration or at high wind speed, were reflected in the P(p) values. The period of pressure oscillations was comparable with the period of oscillations in transpiration and photosynthesis. Multiple probe readings on individual leaves and/or on several leaves over the entire height of the plants further emphasised the great impact of this non-invasive turgor pressure sensor system for elucidating the dynamics of short- and long-distance water transport in higher plants.
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- U Zimmermann
- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie, Biozentrum, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
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Westhoff M, Zimmermann D, Zimmermann G, Gessner P, Wegner LH, Bentrup FW, Zimmermann U. Distribution and function of epistomatal mucilage plugs. PROTOPLASMA 2009; 235:101-105. [PMID: 19145400 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-008-0029-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2008] [Accepted: 12/17/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Investigation of 67 gymnosperm and angiosperm species belonging to 25 orders shows that epistomatal mucilage plugs are a widespread phenomenon. Measurements of the leaf water status by using the leaf patch clamp pressure technique suggest that the mucilage plugs are involved in moisture uptake and buffering leaf cells against complete turgor pressure loss at low humidity.
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- M Westhoff
- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie, Biozentrum, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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